Pool cues and torrefaction

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louieatienza

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Just wondering if any builders out there has toyed with this idea? It's been done in industry as a form of fuel, and also to give wood greater stability, strength, and moisture resistance. Many guitar builders and manufacturers are using this technology to make more stiffer and resonant soundboards on acoustics, and more stable and lighter guitar necks.

I wonder if it would be of value to cue makers, especially for shaft woods?
 
At first when reading about it. It sounds like the normal vacuum drying process most cue shaft wood goes through. Then it starts talking about the charcoal like wood that is left. So it is confusing at least. The guitar wood looks like normal wood so I am wondering if this is a fancy name for the Vacuum heat dried wood we have all used for decades now.
 
cueman said:
At first when reading about it. It sounds like the normal vacuum drying process most cue shaft wood goes through. Then it starts talking about the charcoal like wood that is left. So it is confusing at least. The guitar wood looks like normal wood so I am wondering if this is a fancy name for the Vacuum heat dried wood we have all used for decades now.
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I think it's a bit more extreme than a vacuum kiln. Enough to change the color of the wood... but not enough to cahr-broil it! The guitar necks Fender does is definitely darker than plain hard maple, and the spuce tops on acoustics a more golden hue.
 
cueman said:
At first when reading about it. It sounds like the normal vacuum drying process most cue shaft wood goes through. Then it starts talking about the charcoal like wood that is left. So it is confusing at least. The guitar wood looks like normal wood so I am wondering if this is a fancy name for the Vacuum heat dried wood we have all used for decades now.
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We use suppliers that get us appropriately baked wood for building. I'll tell you that it's not a gimmick and it really does stabilize the wood a little bit.
 
louieatienza said:
Just wondering if any builders out there has toyed with this idea? It's been done in industry as a form of fuel, and also to give wood greater stability, strength, and moisture resistance. Many guitar builders and manufacturers are using this technology to make more stiffer and resonant soundboards on acoustics, and more stable and lighter guitar necks.

I wonder if it would be of value to cue makers, especially for shaft woods?
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Here's a similar tlhread I started back in 2014: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=381707
 
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